Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Heavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department A heavily-redacted government report on the impacts of fracking on house prices, businesses and services in rural areas must be published in full, the UK’s information commissioner has ruled. …
An earthquake has struck northern Alberta where past tremors have been blamed on hydraulic fracturing from the oil and gas industry. National Resources Canada detected a 4.4-magnitude tremor on Saturday evening, 36 kilometres east of Fox Creek. The U.S. Geological Survey reported it was a magnitude 4.0. Fox Creek, an …
The first vessel in Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling fleet has embarked from Washington state to Alaska ahead of its planned resumption of oil and gas exploration in the remote region this summer, the company said on Thursday. The Arctic Challenger, an oil spill containment barge, had left Bellingham, north …
Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft report said on Thursday, although it warned some drilling activities could potentially cause health risks. The study, requested by Congress and five years in the making, said fracking could …
Lawsuit victory triggers de facto moratorium on fracking in the state as a bill that would freeze renewable energy shift at current rate heads towards senate vote It was one step forward and one step backward for environmentally concerned North Carolina residents on Wednesday. A successful local lawsuit ended in …
Reliance Industries is set to spend $60 million, drill for 65 days in D1, D3 fields. Reliance Industries (RIL) and its foreign partners BP and Niko Resources have commenced fresh drilling at the D1 and D3 fields, the mainstay of the KG-D6 block, hoping to increase the block’s output. Production …
Fracking could release dangerous compounds into the air increasing the risk of breathing problems and developing cancer, a study has claimed. Researchers found that people living within three miles of a fracking site could be exposed to pollution levels that are significantly higher than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems …
The government of Belize is considering new regulations that would allow offshore drilling in 99% of its territorial waters, a move which environmental groups say would threaten the second-largest coral reef in the world. The draft regulations would allow companies to undertake offshore exploration for oil and gas near the …
The U.S. energy portfolio changes over time. Scientific and technologic advances related to hydraulic fracturing have dramatically increased the supply of U.S. oil and gas; because of this, a methane economy - in which natural gas provides the leading share of primary energy consumption - is now a possible scenario …
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say that levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes - where 42 percent of readings surpass what the U.S. government considers safe - have been on the rise since 2004, around the time that the fracking industry began drilling natural gas wells in …
President Barack Obama has seemingly spent a lot of his second term trying to cement his reputation as one of the United States’s most environmentally conscious leaders. However, his most recent decision to approve controversial oil and gas drilling in the Arctic is certain to lose him favor within the …
BERLIN—Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on Wednesday effectively banning shale gas fracking for at least five years despite growing concern along business and western allies that the country is too reliant on gas imports from Russia. “As long as risks are unaccountable or currently can’t be conclusively assessed, fracking will …
The indigenous U’wa people living in north-east Colombia have won what observers call an “historic” and “decisive” victory after state oil and gas company Ecopetrol dismantled a gas drilling site in their territories. The U’wa Association of Traditional Authorities and Councils (Asou’wa) reported in February last year the arrival of …
The Obama administration issued its first major fracking rules Friday with standards for wells on US federal and Indian lands, requiring disclosure of chemicals and covered storage of waste. While the vast majority of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, happens on state and private lands, there are more than 90,000 …
Germany's oil and gas industry urged the government on Monday to ensure that new gas fracking rules will support future domestic production and technological development. The environment ministry is preparing a legal framework to govern drilling and has promised strict environmental audits, which include a ban on drilling in water …
Growing offshore and gas exploration as well as increasing maritime traffic at Namibia's ports prompted the Ministry of Works and Transport last Friday to launch coastal sensitivity maps for oil spills at Walvis Bay. The maps are regarded as tactical and strategic elements that are an important component of the …
The Dutch government apologized on Monday for ignoring risks posed by earthquakes caused by production of natural gas in the northern province of Groningen. The apology follows a Feb. 18 report by the country's independent Safety Board that found that the government, together with Royal Shell and Exxon, had put …
Guardian analysis reveals new rules agreed by government will make huge swath of protected areas off limits for shale gas exploration Fracking is set to be banned on two-fifths of the land in England being offered for shale gas exploration by the government, according to a Guardian analysis. Such a …
The Scottish government has announced a moratorium on all planning consents for unconventional oil and gas extraction, including fracking. Welcomed by campaigners as “a very big nail in the coffin for the unconventional gas and fracking industry in Scotland”, energy minister Fergus Ewing told the Scottish parliament on Wednesday afternoon …
In a surprise turn of events, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has agreed to its partner, Cairn India, retaining the prolific Rajasthan oil block beyond the contractual deadline of 2020, without any condition. In a meeting on January 21, the company board recognised that the signed contracts provided …
